打马虎眼 — Chinese idiom
打马虎眼
dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
Traditional: 打馬虎眼
Meaning
- to play dumb
- to slack off
Character by character
- 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 虎hutiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
Idioms sharing a character
- 一炮打响 yī pào dǎ xiǎng
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià
- 乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán
- 宽打窄用 kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
- 打入冷宫 dǎ rù lěng gōng
- 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè
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